The Fergus Falls Daily Journal

An Osakis woman will have to pay a hefty restitution for buying 12 head of cattle with a fraudulent check last year. Cassandra Ann Mclain, 27, was sentenced Thursday for a gross misdemeanor check forgery charge. She was sentenced to 20 days in jail, was fined $500, and must pay $7,186.83 in restitution. She was [...]

An Erhard woman who burglarized a home while its owners were sleeping and forged several business checks she stole from another home has been convicted and will have to pay several hundred dollars in restitution. Amanda Marie Helmer, 24, has been convicted for second degree burglary (reduced from an original charge of first degree burglary) [...]

The Erhard woman accused of burglarizing a home while its owners slept could be in more trouble with the law: she now is an alleged check forger. Amanda Marie Helmer, 24, was charged Tuesday with three felony counts of check forgery. According to the criminal complaint, Helmer’s neighbor discovered on March 13 that several checks [...]

An Underwood woman has been convicted for issuing dishonored checks after she bought two vehicles from different Fergus Falls car dealerships in two weeks – using checks from an account that only ever had $200 in it at the most. In two separate court proceedings, Sherrie Ann Obright, 40, was convicted of two counts of [...]